Roger B. Taney

“ Bibb, for the plaintiff in error, no counsel appearing for the defendant in error.
Mr. Bibb said, that, after the decisions of this court upon the subject-matter of the second plea, as to the meaning of the constitution of Mississippi, he would not argue its sufficiency. But he insisted that the objection made to the evidence offered by the plaintiff, Hundley, of the mere record made out by the said notary, was improperly overruled by the court. ”

“ But it is made evidence by the statute of Mississippi, and the rules of evidence prescribed by the statute of a State are always followed by the courts of the United States, when sitting in the State, in commercial cases as well as in others. ”

“ THIS case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi.
In 1835, the following notes were executed:--
$4,000.
Port Gibson 2d May, 1835.
On the fifteenth day of February, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, I promise to pay, to the order of Passmore Hoopes, four thousand dollars, value received, negotiable and payable at the office of the Planters' Bank at Port Gibson.
H. N. SPENCER.
Indorsed: Passmore Hoopes, Benj. G. Sims. ”